Tag: Afghanistan

Kremlin says direct contacts with Taliban needed to comprehend developments in Afghanistan (TASS)

According to Dmitry Peskov, the situation in Afghanistan is of paramount importance for Russia, its neighbors and allies in various associations Kremlin says direct contacts...

Moscow consultations help facilitate consensus on Afghanistan, Lavrov says (TASS)

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that participants in the Moscow consultations would discuss possible political and military developments in Afghanistan and prospects for...

Russia urges Taliban not to use Afghanistan’s territory against other countries — Lavrov (TASS)

In particular, the Russian foreign minister mentioned Afghanistan’s near neighbors — the Central Asian states Russia urges Taliban not to use Afghanistan’s territory against other...

Recognizing Taliban government not to be discussed at Moscow talks, says envoy (TASS)

Representatives from ten countries in the region as well as a high-ranking delegation from the Taliban representing Afghanistan will attend the Moscow talks on...

Al-Qaeda, Islamic State seek to take advantage of instability in Afghanistan — Lavrov (TASS)

According to Russia's top diplomat, the situation in Afghanistan following the establishment of a new balance of power cannot be described as stable Al-Qaeda, Islamic...

Russia regrets US is absent from Moscow talks on Afghanistan — Lavrov (TASS)

Lavrov recalled that the United States dodged participation in a meeting of the enlarged troika (Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan) for a...

Iran to host Afghanistan’s neighbors for Oct. 27 talks (Al Monitor)

Iran will host the foreign ministers from Afghanistan’s neighboring countries for a summit on Oct. 27, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Iran, Pakistan work to strengthen ties as Afghan situation remains fluid (Sabena Siddiqui, Al Monitor)

Iran’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, headed a high-level military delegation to Islamabad last week at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart...

US: Taliban will have no access to Afghan central bank reserves (Al Jazeera)

Deputy United States Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said he sees no situation where the Taliban, who regained power in Afghanistan in August, would be...

Afghanistan: Taliban agrees to door-to-door polio vaccine drive (Al Jazeera)

Health workers in Afghanistan will begin a house-to-house polio vaccination drive next month after the new Taliban government agreed to support the campaign, the...

US envoy to Afghanistan resigns in wake of chaotic withdrawal (Al Jazeera)

Top United States envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is stepping down, the State Department has announced, less than two months after the chaotic US...

Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month (UN News)

The vaccination campaign will begin on 8 November, and will be the first in over three years to reach all children in Afghanistan. This includes more than three million children in...

Iran to host multilateral conference on Afghanistan on October 27 (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Tehran will host a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours plus Russia next week, the country’s foreign ministry has confirmed, with the October 27 event witnessing...

Taliban says Afghan girls will return to secondary schools soon (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said girls will be allowed to return to secondary schools soon. Qari Saeed Khosty, a spokesman for the interior ministry,...

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led future (Abdulkader Sinno, East Asia Forum)

Afghanistan has largely returned to Taliban rule after 20 years of US-led occupation. There are still bastions of resistance to undisputed Taliban control from the local...

Will Afghanistan’s powerful neighbours engage the Taliban? (Zahir Sherazi, Al Jazeera)

The withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan is inevitably leaving a political vacuum in South and Central Asia. The question that many...